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Fire in Bhopal-Delhi Vande Bharat Express coach in Madhya Pradesh, 22 passengers onboard
A fire broke out in a coach of Vande Bharat Express train going from Bhopal to Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal at Kurwai Kethora railway station.
A fire broke out in a coach of Vande Bharat Express train going from Bhopal to Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal at Kurwai Kethora railway station in Madhya Pradesh earlier on Monday. However, no injury was reported in the incident, news agency PTI reported.
News agency ANI reported that all passengers are safe and the fire has been extinguished.
According to the Indian Railways, the fire was reported in the battery box of one of the coaches, when the train departed from Rani Kamalapati station, earlier known as Habibganj, towards Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
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After the full examination, the train was dispatched around 10:05am , an official of the Indian Railways said.
“Fire brigade reached the site on time and fire extinguished at 07:58 am,” ANI quoted the railway official as saying.
"We received an information of fire and smoke that broke out in the battery box of coach C-14 of Vande Bharat Express 20171 that plies from Rani Kamlapati Station to Hazrat Nizamuddin Terminal (Delhi). The train was stopped at Kurwai Kethora (railway) station. The fire brigade extinguished the fire at 7:58 am," Rahul Shrivastava, West Central Railway CPRO, said.
PTI reported that there were 20-22 passengers in the coach and they were shifted to other coaches immediately.
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Some railway staffers noticed the fire at around 6.45am in the battery box of C-12 coach following which the Rani Kamalapati-Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat train was immediately stopped between Kurwai and Kaithora stations in Vidisha district, an official told PTI.
